These Rodarte Spring Summer 2019 samples pieces were made a few weeks ago at Ortu Leather's downtown L.A. sample making design studio. Retailers have placed their orders at New York Fashion Week and now comes the time for factory production.

We offer a full selection of Contemporary Women's leather apparel for Clothing stores, Fashion Retailers and Fashion boutiques.

Whether you are the owner of a fashion boutique, a fashion retail store or chain: Ortu Leather is a consistent and reliable source for all your leather garment needs. Secure inventory with a quick turnaround of less than 2 weeks on average.Our product portfolio is constantly updated and features contemporary top selling women's apparel items ranging from:- leather jackets, coats, vests and other outerwear- leather skirts, dresses and pants - leather tops... and much more.

Skip the manufacturer, showroom and distributor and order directly from the leather factory.All leather garments are Made in USA (Los Angeles). Typical lead time times: 2 to 3 weeks.

Below are images of the type of items we currently offer, many more styles and options are available for wholesale fashion boutiques.

We'll recycle, work and repurpose the leather in our factory, it's the green thing to do.Avoid your leather heading straight to another landfill..

To sell your leather, please email info@ortuleather.com or call (213) 765 0905When you email us the leather skin you want to sell, please include a few pictures of your lot. Option to sell your leather skins for cash is available.

​Men's Fashion Designer Urbano Steriti, creator of Urban Guerilla paid us a visit at the Beverly Hills Showroom today. Urbano is working with Frank on the final touches of his upcoming vegetable tanned cowhide leather jackets. This will be an expansion from his existing lineup of duffel, messenger and other travel bags for men. The jackets will feature removable zipper sleeves as well as a removable zipper hoodie. The signature debossed Urban Guerilla logo will be featured prominently in the back of the jackets. A New York City resident, Urbano cares deeply about the jacket's versatility and its functionality especially in NYC where temperature swings can be gigantic (going from the heat of the subway to the snowy streets in 2 minutes).

The Rolling Stone Magazine September edition will feature Manam leather pants worn by Gal Gadot(front page and inside story pictures).

The "Shale Pants" high waisted stretch lambskin leather pants were created and designed by fashion designer Natalie Yaru and manufactured at Ortu Leather's Los Angeles facilities. The leather pants feature 6 pockets, patch logos and ankle zippers.Natalie is one of a select few talented, young, up and coming designers with whom Ortu leather keeps a very close relationship. Ortu leather's mindset is to always help the designer better manage the growth of their fashion brand by constantly watching leather, lining and other hardware inventory levels as well as monitor sales numbers in order to guarantee both accurate purchasing of materials and appropriate production timelines.

The styling and finishing of Natalie pret a porter fashion line is always avant garde and unique.

As usual Ortu leather is working ensure a quick production turnaround in order to fulfill order requests which already started pouring in, as is usually the case during exceptional press​or film fashion features.

​Designer friend Kathleen Rosenbloom is currently featuring her new line of ready to wear women moto leather jackets (from her Katro label) at famous Gratus Beverly Hills boutique. All jackets were designed by Kathleen and manufactured in collaboration with Ortu leather here in Los Angeles.​Gratus is renowned for its unique curation of designers and brands not found elsewhere in the city, as well as a personal service that focuses on personal styling rather than the traditional shopping experience.

Our designer friend Page Thirty is throwing a one time Pop Up on Abbot Kinney in Venice, CA.This is a chance to see Page Thirty's current and upcoming leather coats, jackets and other creations up close, each piece featuring Ortu Leather's high end manufacturing touch 👌Mark you calendar! SAT 9/6/17 from 12pm to 6pm.​For more on this event, visit: ﻿Page Thirty Pop Up﻿

Ortu leather just finished working on VYU Fashion voyage leather accessories, created and designed by Jan Grossman.Jan's creations will soon be featured in avant premiere at Jose Eber celebrity hairstylist salon here at 360 N Camden in Beverly Hills. Fellow Frenchman Jose Eber was born in Nice, France and throughout the years has cut hair for the likes of Farrah Fawcett, Cher, Elizabeth Taylor and many Hollywood celebrities.

For the curious and the ones always thirsty of knowledge, Vyu means Wind God in Sanskrit. And for those badly in need of a nice "coiffure",​visit: Jose Eber Beverly Hills

Paying a visit to our friend designer Daniel Thies owner of Delikt for his charity fundraiser for 826LA during Echo Park Rising Festival and Delikt store grand opening ! I'm sporting one of the white moto jackets designed by Daniel and manufactured in collaboration with ORTU.​Painted leather jackets by artists will be auctioned off and 100% of the profits will go to non profit organisation 826 LA. meet artists @americanelectrictattoo @artnevow @Dr.Knutson @kentaronic @mike.nesbit @Nathan_pistachio @xuli_w

We've only settled into our new Ortu Leather Beverly Hills showroom for a week and already received many requests to participate in the Beverly Hills Open Late Love Beverly Hills BOLD summer event. We typically meet clients in the daytime but we may open for one special night in late August to accommodate all the requests, we'll keep you posted and we definitely appreciate the enthusiasm!The picture design (above) is brought to you by my friend's daughter Julie (who's been playing with our hides this morning as you can tell) #bhopenlate @lovebevhills #bold

This week, Ortu Leather opened a new showroom in the heart of Beverly Hills, steps from world famous Rodeo Drive, the Beverly Wilshire Hotel (where Richard Gere courted Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman) and what locals fondly call the "Golden Triangle".

This addition to our existing Downtown L.A. showroom and Gardena, CA Factory will allow Ortu leather to better serve its Westside clients. The Beverly Hills leather contracting and leather supply showroom will enhance the sample development process for our Fashion designers, labels, haute couture brands, production managers and other clients. Production logistics and timelines will benefit as well.

Starting today, Raphael (aka The Leather Emperor) will be headquartered at the new Beverly Hills location. The new showroom features a current assortment of high end private label leather garments, leather bags, and other accessories. It also boasts a leather supply selection, including lambskin, cowhide and other hides from Italian and French tanneries.

All joking aside, the pattern is the essential component in the fabrication of a leather garment.Think about a house. Does it really matter which color will be used to paint the rooms if the foundation is wobbly and the walls resemble the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the house will crumble in a few months? It's the same thing for a leather jacket, if one arm is longer than the other and the jacket doesn't close properly: does it matter which color leather we'll use?​It takes years for a leather specialist to master the craft of making the pattern for the perfect leather jacket and become a true pattern maker. Usually, fashion manufacturers or fashion designers who are not specialized in leather leave it to a specialist. They don't have the luxury to allocate the hundreds of hours required to truly master the art of the leather garment pattern. One of the most challenging aspects (and where most irreversible mistakes come from) is the seam allowance. The seam allowance is basically the extra space left in each panel at the cutting stage to allow for the sewer to stitch (or glue) the pieces of the leather garment together. Each pattern piece has a specific allowance (3/8''in, 1/4'' in, etc). The lining on the inside of the leather jacket also needs to respect this rule. Seam allowance in the leather apparel world is different than in fabric. Using a pattern from a fabric item to make a leather piece will not work. Another complication is that each leather hide is different from the next and varies in size, thickness, with its own irregularities. The process of translating the pattern into different sizes called grading also requires specific seam allowances.

All of this makes the hard pattern something of a work of art. This specialized work ensures that the sample maker gets to work with a solid and bulletproof base.

If you need patterns made for leather jackets, leather pants, leather dresses, leather tops etc, please reach out to info@ortuleather

One of the ways Ortu leather makes its retailer clients money is through private label.Private label essentially means that we offer a retailer options to expand and widen its existing product offering into leather apparel, leather bags and other items.

Increase sales and profit margins.

We collaborate with US based fashion retailers big and small (from high end department store to luxury boutique) and help them increase sales and capitalize on real time consumer demand. Much like in the current "Fast Fashion" trend, with all production done in Los Angeles and nothing outsourced, this offers a speed to market advantage.Some of our clients start small and feature a few sample items online at first and once sales gather momentum, will expand their offering and bring the physical inventory whether it be garments, bags and other items into their brick and mortar stores.Others will build upon their existing retail store data, focusing on their top selling leather items. For example a retail buyer may ask us to replicate or do a "twist" on a leather jacket that he moves a lot of units of. The sales floor team may have received a lot of requests for specific color options, a slightly lower price point, etc. In this case, Ortu Leather works to create a customized line, being mindful of keeping construction (cut and sew) and materials (leather hides, hardware, trims, etc) at the buyer's target production price.

Methods to get private labels started.

We noticed retailers who have no experience manufacturing private label goods sometimes fear the development process. They're afraid it'll be too tedious and expensive. In reality it is pretty simple to achieve. There are a few solutions to get started quickly and easily.- option 1: a client asks us to make a version of a brand item that sells well in their store(s). - option 2: we show our client "on trend" women or men leather jacket styles that we can start producing instantly and ship out to their stores very quickly.- option 3: we start from scratch with our client's designer tech pack or inspiration piece and build out the item from pattern to finished product, anything from a leather jacket, leather skirt a leather handbag or a leather duffle or backpack. From the concept to the final garment/bag Ortu leather is set up to cover all bases in the supply chain from sourcing to finished product.

We are able to accommodate a wide range of clients from Anthropologie, and Barney's New York to the stand alone store operation ie clothing retailers, boutique owners, etc. We speak the retailer's language and we're here to help generate more sales, with healthy profit margins, in a nutshell: make more money

​A few of the tones, trends and key colors on offering at Ortu leather. ​We work closely with tanneries to ensure availability and quick turnaround for manufacturers reorders throughout the Fall Winter 2017 season. Below are a few of the lambskin and cowhide leather available. Very surprisingly, turquoise was a big on designer's request list this year!

Our friend Chelsea Leifken is on the way up! We're very glad to be right by her side to witness the evolution of her wonderful brand, fashion and community mission.Watch for Chelsea teaching fashion classes at FIDM Los Angeles (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) next month! ​She'll touch upon fashion business, branding strategy and much more..​For more visit: Chelsea Leifken#dtla #fidm #fashioninstitute #fashionbusiness